Sentences with phrase «lumber producers»
The phrase "lumber producers" refers to people or companies involved in the business of cutting down trees and manufacturing wood products, such as planks and boards. Full definition
According to Mason, there's a good possibility the United States will exempt all Atlantic Canadian softwood lumber producers from the countervailing duties before May 1.
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The U.S. lumber coalition later excluded Nova Scotia from the ongoing anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, but Canada was still treated as one country and differences among practices by softwood lumber producers in the various provinces were largely ignored.
The city has deep ties to the auto industry, but was initially a major lumber producer for the area.
The city has deep ties to the auto industry, but was initially a major lumber producer for the area.
These tariffs are being slapped on Canadian softwood lumber producers because of a petition filed on Nov. 25 by the United States Lumber Coalition to the United States International Trade Commission and the United States Department of Commerce.
While most softwood lumber producers get their logs from Crown lands, many companies in Atlantic Canada buy most of their logs from private woodlot owners at fair market value or grow them on their own land.
«The 3.02 per cent countervailing duty for J.D. Irving Ltd. announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday provides further support for all New Brunswick lumber producers to be excluded from these trade remedy proceedings,» Pelletier said in a statement.
«We remain determined to get excluded as quickly as possible, as industry and government have worked very hard to validate our long - standing exclusion which reflects the fact that lumber producers here compete on a level playing field with United States industry.»
In its petition the American coalition alleged certain provinces in Canada illegally subsidize lumber producers and dump products south of the border.
Represented the United States in four UNCITRAL Rules proceedings under NAFTA by Canadian lumber producers challenging the application of U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws to imported Canadian lumber.
Jerome Pelletier, vice-president of J.D. Irving's sawmill division, said in a statement the low countervailing duty imposed on his company is a good indicator that lumber producers in New Brunswick should be exempted from the countervailing duties.
Tuesday, ERA Forest Products Research managing director Kevin Mason said the low countervailing duty J.D. Irving is being asked to pay will give it a competitive advantage relative to other Canadian softwood lumber producers.
The third most populous city in the state is located near the University of Maine and also prospered as a lumber producer.
An exemption from the countervailing duties for Atlantic Canadian softwood lumber producers would give them a competitive advantage relative to other forestry companies in Canada, said Mason.
«This puts (Atlantic Canadian lumber producers) in a position where they have the ability to grow.
All but five big softwood lumber producers are being hit with countervailing duties of 19.88 per cent.
Central Nova Scotia MP Sean Fraser, whose riding includes several softwood lumber producers, estimated the province's annual softwood lumber exports at about $ 90 million.
Anti-dumping duties to be announced June 23 could raise the total impact on softwood lumber producers to as much as 30 - 35 per cent.
Shares of Canfor Corporation and Western Forest Products, Canada's number two and number five lumber producers by annual output, have had a good three months, advancing 25.5 percent and 16.8 percent respectively as of April 12.
Peter Wohlleben, a forester, documents his conversion from lumber producer to tree whisperer, and in the process he reveals the highly communicative social networks of trees.
The third most populous city in the state is located near the University of Maine and also prospered as a lumber producer.
The third most populous city in the state is located near the University of Maine and also prospered as a lumber producer.